The Crisis in Sociology : Problems of Sociological Epistemology

Presents the field of sociology by looking at macrosociology, neo-Marxism, Lazarsfeld's Metasociology, sociological epistemology, and method. Contents Foreword 1. Introduction: The Crisis in Sociology Part One. The Sociology of Sociology 2. Sociology in the Year 2000 3. The Three Basic Paradigms of Macrosociology: Functionalism, Neo-Marxism and Interaction Analysis 4. Tarde’s ‘Psychological Statistics’ 5. Lazarsfeld’s Metasociology Part Two. Sociological Epistemology 6. Towards a Positive Epistemology 7. Theories, Theory and Theory 8. The Notion of Function Part Three. Questions of Method 9. The Functions of Formalisation in Sociology 10. The French University Crisis: An Essay in Sociological Diagnosis Notes Name Index